Toy



H. J'ENSEN.

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HENRY JENSEN, O33 GI-IICAGD, ILLINOIS.

Application filed May 20,

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Be it known that I, HENRY JnN'snN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, having invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, do hereb declare that the following is a full, clear. and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to toys, and consists in the matters hereinafter described and then pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, the figure is a side elevation of a device embodying the features of my invention.

The reference numeral 1 indicates a standard upon which the device is mounted and which is adapted to be held in the hand of the user or mounted to freely turn in a socket 2. The standard carries a rigid open frame of rectangular form, the upper and lower members 3 and at of which are fixed to the standard as shown, and the side members 5 and 6 of which are connected at their tops and bottoms to the other members. A rearwardly projecting vane 7 is rigidly mounted on the upper portion of the rear side (5 of the frame, and a cross-slnift 8 is revolubly mounted in the sides 5 and 6, being held against longitudinal displacement by opposite end collars I) and passing freely through the standard 1.; this shaft projects forwardly beyond the front side 5 where it carries a fan-propeller 10, which is rigidly mounted on its end by a setscre .v 11 passing through a hub 12 on the fan. A. friction disk or wheel 13 is secured on the shaft ii by a setscrew 1d passing through its hub 15, being preferably located adjacent the inner side of the front member 5 of the frame and adapted to rotate when the fan turns the cross-shaft. A rotating platform 16 is fixed to a sleeve 17 which is mounted to freely turn on the upper portion of the standard and rests upon a collar 18 fixed 011 the standard, the collar in the present case extending below the cross-shaft 8 and Specification of Letters Patent.

TOY.

Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 471,195.

being oppositely perforated to allow the shaft to freely rotate. The platform 16 is so placed that its under face is in frictional engagement with the CllSX 13, whereby the cross-shaft S is revolved by the. fan and the platform is rotated about the standard. The disk 13 is preferably provided with a rubber rim or tire 19 to more positively engage and drive the platform, as well as to eliminate all noise between these parts. The platform may carry various objects or figures, such as the miniature ships 20 and sailors 2i, and as the platform is located in the frame all these parts are protected by the frame.

When the toy, carried either in the hand of the user or in the socket 2, is exposed to the wind the propeller-fan is turned thereby and the platform with its figures or objects is rapidly rotated, and the same effectis produced by the user carrying the toy through the air; when the toy is in the socket the vane 7 acts to keep the fan in the line of the wind.

It is obvious that the device may be used as a weather vane, and may be made of any suitable material in accordance with the character of its use.

I claim A device of the class described comprising an open rectangular frame, a standard centrally secured to the upper and lower members of the frame and extending below the latter, a collar fixed on the standard, a sleeve revolubly mounted on the standard above the collar, a platform located in the frame and carried by the collar, a cross-shaft revolubly mounted in thesides of the frame below the platform and having one of its ends extending beyond the frame, a frictiondisk fixed on the cross-shaft in driving engagement with the platform, and a fanpropeller fixed on the extended end of the crossshaft.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRY JENSEN. 

